Since the original discovery that Ca+ 2 converts small vesicles of phosphatidylserine into
large sheets of spirally-wrapped membrane (1), the use of acidic lipid-divalent cation …

Membrane fusion is one of the essential events involved in many biological cellular
processes (Poste and Allison, 1973; Rasmussen, 1970). In spite of extensive research on …

Membranes provide the barrier of cellular individuality or intracellular compartmentation.
Individuality or compartmentation is unlikely to be traversed except in A. well-regulated …

For membrane fusion to occur, opposed lipid bilayers initially establish a fusion pore, often
followed by complete mixing of the fusing membranes. Contemporary views suggest that …

Specific fusion of biological membranes is a central requirement for many cellular
processes. 1 Membrane fusion involves the merging of the membranes of two different …

Publisher Summary The study of lipid polymorphism and membrane fusion in liposomal
systems has provided a useful approach to understanding the complex process of fusion in …

Publisher Summary This chapter is focused on nonlamellar, highly curved structures that
may be involved, or may represent structures that are involved, in the pathway (s) of …

Because of the extensive involvement of membrane fusion in cellular func tion, numerous
experimental investigations of the process have been undertaken over the years, and the …